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Panelists discuss upcoming election

Panelists discuss upcoming election

Matthew Lee, a member of the Penn State Political Science Club, introduced the participants in a panel discussion, "The Student Vote," held last night (Oct. 5) in the HUB-Robeson Center Auditorium. The focus of the evening, which was sponsored by the Penn State Student Newspaper Readership Program and the Penn State Political Science Association, was the upcoming presidential election and the importance of the student vote. For details, check live.psu.edu/story/8286

Adam Smeltz, writer for Centre Daily Times BLUE and a Penn State senior working as an intern with the Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau covering the presidential campaign for young readers, spoke to his fellow students about the importance of getting out to vote this November.

Bill Asbury, vice president emeritus of Student Affairs, and student Anjelica Caraballo were at the event, representing the Golden Key Honour Society, to help get students to vote and to volunteer on election day.